Xavier built 40 churches for the people of the Pearl Fishery Coast. He spent three years among them, but was often embarrassed by the conduct of his Portuguese countrymen who were already Catholic, but frequently misbehaved. Then he learned about the native people of the Pearl Fishery Coast, which had been baptized a decade earlier, but were never taught their faith. Xavier ministered first to the sick and the children. Instead they came to escape Portugal, find adventure, or to make fortunes. None of them came to spread or live virtuous lives. Many sailors and settlers were former prisoners who had been recruited from Portuguese jails or were fleeing mistakes they made back home. He arrived in the region and colony of Goa, India on May 6, 1542.Īlthough Goa had churches and even a bishop in the Portuguese colony, there were few people to preach and minister to the Portuguese, especially outside the walls of the city.Ī major problem Francis quickly recognized was the nature of the people and their intentions. A Papal Nuncio is a diplomat who takes up permanent residence in another country to formally represent the Church there. As he departed he was informed that the pope appointed him to be the Papal Nuncio in the East. Ignatius ultimately decided to send Francis.įrancis Xavier left for India in 1541, on his thirty-fifth birthday. Pope Paul III asked the new order to take the mission, particularly since they could not undertake their preferred mission to the Holy Land due to warfare there. To restore these values, the King of Portugal asked the Pope to send missionaries to the region. The Portuguese settlers in India and elsewhere were losing their faith and Christian values. While Francis Xavier was becoming a priest, Portugal was colonizing India. Show the world that access to Catholic education matters to you. If Catholic Online School has given you $10.00 worth of knowledge this year, take a minute to donate. Most people donate because Catholic Online School is useful. If you donate just $10.00, or whatever you can, Catholic Online School could keep thriving for years. If you are an exceptional reader who has already donated, we sincerely thank you. 98% of our readers don't give they look the other way. We interrupt your reading to humbly ask you to defend Catholic Online School's independence. To all our readers, Please don't scroll past this. The order is more popularly became known as the Jesuits.
Pope Paul III approved the formation of their order in 1540, which became The Society of Jesus. Francis Xavier started his study of theology that same year and was ordained on June 24, 1537. The men planned to travel to the Holy Land to convert non-believers. On August 15, 1534, Francis Xavier along with Peter Favre, and several other friends, made vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. In 1530, Francis Xavier earned his master's degree, and went on to teach philosophy at the University of Paris. The pair met and were heavily influenced by Ignatius of Loyola, who encouraged Francis to become a priest. While there he roomed with his friend, Peter Favre. When the war stopped and Francis came of age, he was sent to study at the University of Paris. Navarre was the target of a campaign by King Ferdinand of Aragon and Castile, and the kingdom was eventually conquered. He was the youngest in his family and resided in a castle which still partially stands today and is in the possession of the Jesuit order.Īs the young Francis grew, he was surrounded by war. His father was a privy counselor and finance minister to King John III of Navarre. Francis Xavier was a Navarrese-Basque Roman Catholic missionary born in the Kingdom of Navarre on April 7, 1506.
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